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Effect of U.K. Tax Reform on U.K. Presence in Sub-Saharan Africa. Notes: This figure displays the coefficient estimates and 95% confidence intervals for event study regressions estimating the difference in the natural logarithm of the number of U.K. multinational subsidiaries as com- pared to non-U.K. multinational firms over time relative to the year 2009. The specifications are based on the model presented in Panel (A) Column (1) of Table 2 and…

The government is bringing laws and taking other steps to make social media platforms more accountable for any slanderous content posted on their platforms, IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw informed the Rajya Sabha on Friday. The minister, who was responding to supplementaries during question hour, said the government is amending intermediary rules for social media to tackle the menace of misinformation and deep fake. Elevate Your Tech Prowess with High-Value Skill CoursesOffering CollegeCourseWebsiteIIT DelhiIITD Certificate…

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Credit: CC0 Public Domain Australian workers are set to have the right to disconnect from their workplaces once they clock off for the day. This will "empower workers to ignore work calls and emails after hours , where those demands are unreasonable," according to Greens Senator Barbara Pocock who has been driving the change. Last week, the Senate…

People are using Apple's new spatial computer, the Vision Pro in some bizarre ways, including when driving. This is causing some major concerns over how people are endangering roads. Because the laws dealing with this are very vague, most states are scrambling to amend them…

Congressional hearings featuring Big Tech head honchos, including yesterday’s affair between the Senate Judiciary and the execs from major social platforms, often get a bad rap. These bitter brawls  have been panned at turns as “kabuki theater” and “hot mess”—and for good reason. With a few exceptions, the primary output of these events tends to be new viral C-SPAN clips.But that doesn’t mean they’re entirely useless. Regardless of whether tech companies face any real consequences (they don’t) or Congress passes any laws…

Credit: Andrea Piacquadio from Pexels Young workers under 18 years of age occupy a unique and poorly understood position in Australia's labor market. They contribute to crucial industries and the economy, but are uniquely vulnerable. Compared to adults, child workers experience high rates of workplace injuries, bullying and sexual harassment, wage…

Last summer, Ohio enacted a social media statute that would require Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok and YouTube to get a parent's consent before permitting children under age 16 to use their platforms.But in early January, just before the measure was to take effect, a tech industry group called NetChoice - which represents Google, Meta, Snap, TikTok and others - filed a lawsuit to block it on free speech grounds, persuading a federal judge to temporarily halt the new rules.Elevate Your Tech Prowess with High-Value Skill…

Elon Musk, chief executive officer of Tesla Inc., during a fireside discussion on artificial intelligence risks with Rishi Sunak, UK prime minister, not pictured, in London, UK, on Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023. Tolga Akmen | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesThe bombshell, 200-page Delaware court ruling Tuesday ordering Tesla to undo its massive $56 billion compensation package for CEO Elon Musk features descriptions of a lawyer holding back tears, a reference to "Frankenstein" and a cringey self-driving car pun.And then there's a whole…

A Delaware judge on Tuesday voided the $56 billion pay package of Tesla CEO Elon Musk, ruling that the company's board of directors failed to prove "that the compensation plan was fair."Tesla's share price slid about 3% in after-hours trading Tuesday following news of the decision in the Delaware Chancery Court lawsuit filed by Richard Tornetta, a shareholder in the electric automaker.The pay package that Tesla granted Musk in 2018 was the largest compensation plan in public corporate history, the judge noted, making the…